durative
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From duration + -ive.[1] Alternatively, borrowed from French duratif, from Old French duratif (“lasting continuously (for a certain time)”), via Anglo-Norman French, and existing in the form duratif from about the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, when the spelling was altered to durative under the influence of the literary Neolatin movement. Analogous to dure (“to last, to continue”) + -ive.
Adjective
[edit]durative
- Of or pertaining to duration.
- Long-lasting.
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
Synonyms
[edit]- (long-lasting): diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
Translations
[edit]long-lasting — see long-lasting
linguistics: expressing continuing action
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Noun
[edit]durative (plural duratives)
- (linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.
Translations
[edit]aspect
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References
[edit]- ^ “durative”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
French
[edit]Adjective
[edit]durative
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]durative
Anagrams
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- English terms suffixed with -ive
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old French
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